Governor Pat Quinn is calling the first year for the Affordable Care Act in Illinois a success. He says more than 685-thousand people in Illinois have signed up for health care in the last year. There were 468-thousand that signed up for an expanded Medicaid program and the rest enrolled in private plans.

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The next enrollment period begins November 15th, and he's hoping even more people will take advantage of the plan. Get Covered Illinois is in the process of training people that will help others go through the process of signing up for insurance.